• Language
    Language

To build your own Itinerary, click Add to Excursion to add an item to your Itinerary basket.

Already saved an Itinerary?

Food and Conversation: Maggie Gee OBE & Nicholas Rankin

Type:Food & Drink Event

Northcote Hotel and Restaurant, Northcote Road, Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB6 8BE

Tel: 01254 240555

Add Food and Conversation: Maggie Gee OBE & Nicholas Rankin to your Itinerary

Food and Conversation: Maggie Gee OBE & Nicholas Rankin

Maggie Gee OBE has published fifteen books, including The Ice People, My Cleaner, The White Family, shortlisted for the Orange (now Bailey's) Prize, My Animal Life, Virginia Woolf in Manhattan and most recently Blood (2019) which was on the Sunday Times's 'Best Literary Novels 2019' list as well as their 'Best Summer Reading 2019' list.


Nicholas Rankin worked in broadcasting at Bush House in London for 20 years. He was Chief Producer, Arts, at the BBC World Service, when his eight-part series on ecology and evolution, A Green History of the Planet, won two UN awards. He is the author of five books including Dead Man's Chest which follows Robert Louis Stevenson.

4 Course Dinner Menu:

LANCASHIRE CHEESE "QUICHE"
Smoked Bacon, Watercress

FROTHY SWEETCORN
Crab Dumpling, Pickled Chilli, Coriander

NEW SEASON'S LAMB
"Lyonnaise Potatoes", Sheep's Curd, Alliums, Gremolata

ENGLISH STRAWBERRY '''MILLE FEUILLE''

Freshly ground Colombian Huila & El Salvador Blend Coffee or a selection of Teas served with Petits Fours

Includes:
• Quartet Brut, Roederer Estate, California NV served with snacks on arrival
• 4-course menu, including tea, coffee and Petits Fours
• A copy of each author's book to take home
• BELU mineral water
• Seating at shared tables of up to 12 guests in The Louis Roederer Private Room.

£75 per person

BOOK/MORE: https://www.northcote.com/events/evening-with-maggie-gee-nicholas-rankin/

All Food and Conversation events: https://www.northcote.com/food-and-conversation/

Blood by Maggie Gee OBE is a black comedy-thriller whose six foot one inch heroine, Deputy Head Monica, rampages, often to hilarious effect, through a country where terrorism has become routine. Hilary Mantel described Blood as 'An astonishing book. Funny and fierce, written with style and dash, without fear.' Maggie was the first woman Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, of which she is now a Vice-President. She has been translated into 15 languages and is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

Ian Fleming's Commandos by Nicholas Rankin, is about the author of the James Bond books in Naval Intelligence. Rankin's latest, novel Defending the Rock: Gibraltar and the Second World War, is a vivid history of Gibraltar at war from 1935 to 1945. The book has been praised as 'a much-needed history' in The Times Literary Supplement, as 'highly readable' in The Guardian, as 'witty and stylish' in the Daily Telegraph, 'rewardingly informative and often delightful' in the New York Review of Books. Nicholas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009, and works as a freelance writer and broadcaster from his home in Ramsgate, Kent.

Book Tickets

Opening Times

Sorry, this event has passed

Prices

Ticket TypeTicket Tariff
Adult Ticket£75.00 per ticket

£75 per person, includes a copy of each author's book to take home, 4 course dinner followed by tea and coffee

Directions

TripAdvisor

Follow Us

What's Nearby

What's Nearby

What's Nearby

  1. Northcote Cookery School

    A warm welcome from Head Tutor Bruno and Junior Tutor Emma will set you raring to get…

    0.24 miles away
  2. Whalley Abbey

    14th Century Cistercian Abbey ruins set in beautiful gardens and woodland beside the…

    1.67 miles away
  3. Whalley Parish Church

    A 13th century church, with 15th century misericords and screens, several box pews, 17th…

    1.76 miles away
  1. Flavours Cookery School

    New cookery school located at Sidings Business Park, in Whalley, Ribble Valley,…

    1.86 miles away
  2. Spring Wood Picnic Site & Access For All Trail

    Spring Wood Picnic Site & Access for all Trail.

    2.29 miles away
  3. Battlestorm Indoor Laser Tag

    LANCASHIRES NUMBER ONE FOR LASER TAG! - Located in Clitheroe, Battlestorm is Lancashire’s…

    2.5 miles away
  4. Stonyhurst College Experience

    The college also holds the oldest museum in the English-speaking world, which is an…

    2.86 miles away
  5. Martholme

    13th Century Manor House

    2.87 miles away
  6. Stonyhurst College

    One of the largest buildings in the North West. This magnificent 16thC manor house is…

    2.89 miles away
  7. Ribchester Roman Bath House

    Although long disused, it is still possible to see the remains of the sweating room…

    3.43 miles away
  8. Stydd Gardens

    Stydd Gardens is not a typical garden centre. Set amidst the gardens you will find a…

    3.46 miles away
  9. Mrs Dowsons Farm Park

    At Mrs Dowsons Farm Park they are passionate about giving their visitors the opportunity…

    3.49 miles away
  10. Potters Barn

    Potters Barn is situated in the heart of the Roman village of Ribchester, opposite a…

    3.56 miles away
  11. Colourfields - Panopticon

    Blackburn's Panopticon, Colourfields, is a dramatic transformation of the former cannon…

    3.66 miles away
  12. Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

    Museum currently closed. Encounter beetles, badgers, Japanese art and an Egyptian mummy…

    4.29 miles away
  13. Corporation Park

    Corporation Park (18 ha) is a traditional Victorian park close to the centre of Blackburn…

    4.31 miles away
Previous Next

Related

Northcote - Restaurant, LanghoExecutive Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen creates visual, elegant and packed full of great flavours and textures.

Sign up for e-newsletter

Don't Miss

Don't Miss

Don't Miss

Don't Miss

Don't Miss